Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client

Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)

Credits include: 12 Angry Men, Patton, Judgment at Nuremberg, The Verdict and Fail-Safe

Credits include: Faces, Love Story, The Naked City, Cat Ballou and Kiss of Death

Credits include: The NeverEnding Story, Rollerball, Shaft, Heartbreak Ridge and Firestarter

Credits include: Ben, Wonder Woman, Naked Vengeance, The Devastator and Humanoids from the Deep

Credits include: Pieces, Day of the Animals, Mission: Impossible, Ants and Beyond Evil

Credits include: Dave, Pickup on South Street, The Young Lions, Doctor Detroit and Almost an Angel

Quite opinionated, he lobbied hard for better parts and working conditions for his fellow African-American performers, and was gratified to see some progress in the early 1970s.

Credits include: Mandingo, Cleopatra Jones, Skin Game, Drum and Black Gunn

Credits include: The Great Race, Experiment in Terror, Suitable for Framing, Conquest of Space and The Colossus of New York

Credits include: The Learning Tree, Dear Kelly, The Sheriff, Brother on the Run and Stranger in the Mirror